Peter’s weekly commentary on financial data, national and global news and how to survive the coming financial crisis.
A December to Remember – Ep. 426
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Two Podcasts in One Day!
For those of you who were worried that I wasn’t going to be able to do a podcast today to talk about the stock market or the economy because I already did a podcast earlier this morning, well, you’re wrong! Here I am, doing […]
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Why Obamacare Is Unconstitutional – Ep. 425
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Decision May Well Stand up under Appeal
A Federal Judge in the state of Texas, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, has ruled that the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional, and therefore the law would be null and void, that it would be struck down. Of course […]
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The Fed Hiked Itself into Insolvency – Ep. 423
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Mainstream Forecasts Incorporating Recession
We are in the early stages of this bubble popping. That’s why, if you look now at a lot of the mainstream forecasts, all of a sudden, they’re all incorporating recession. The probability of recession is now very high over the next couple of years. […]
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A Bubble That Will Live in Infamy – Ep. 422
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Pearl Harbor Day 2018: A Very Interesting Technical Day
Today is December 7th, a day that will live in infamy. Unless you are a Millennial who was educated in the U.S. public school system. In which case you have absolutely no idea what happened on December 7th 1941. You’ve […]
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The Fed’s Policy Mistake Started with Greenspan – Ep. 421
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Dow Volatility Started with Huawei News
We had another very volatile day today on Wall Street, and it really got started last night with the news of the arrest in Canada of the CFO of the Chinese company, Huawei. Her father is the founder of the company and a very […]
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A Nation Can’t Tax Itself Rich – Ep. 420
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No Relief
As I said on yesterday’s podcast, I did not we had a “Wall Street Relief Rally”, based on the stand down or truce in the trade war following the backtracking by the Fed on the potential number of rate hikes and the distance we were from neutrality.
Interest […]
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Trump Backs down on Tariffs – Ep. 419
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Interest Rates and Trade War
The two things that everybody seems to agree were weighing down the markets were the Fed’s relentless drive to normalize interest rates, and figure out where “normal” was, and, of course, the trade war – the threat of additional tariffs overhanging the markets. So […]
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The Fed Flinches, Powell Put in Play – Ep. 418
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The Fed’s Game of Chicken
The big news was yesterday, when Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, basically flinched. I’ve been talking about the game of chicken that the Federal Reserve has been playing with the markets. The way the game of chicken goes, is the markets keep moving lower and […]
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Two Wrongs Never Make a Right – Ep. 417
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25% Tariffs Will Inflict Rather Substantial Damage to the U.S. Economy
The Dow Jones managed to finish the day up just over 100 points – I think that was about the high of the day, and we erased a loss that at one point was better than 200 points. […]
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Commentary Archives
The Stock Market EconomyNovember 14, 2018
The Branded EconomyOctober 9, 2018
Buying Bitcoin is like Buying AirSeptember 14, 2018
A Pound of CureAugust 31, 2018
A Trade War Won’t Be Good for the DollarJune 22, 2018
Making Italy Great AgainJune 1, 2018
Trump “Victories” on Trade are Anything ButMay 25, 2018
Trump Plays with Fire on TradeMarch 7, 2018
Raising Rates Reflect Bigger Debt Not Faster GrowthFebruary 5, 2018
Fake Tax ReformDecember 7, 2017
Calm Before The StormOctober 19, 2017
Blowing Off The RoofSeptember 8, 2017
Trump at His Most BrazenSeptember 1, 2017
The Fed May Show Trump No LoveJuly 20, 2017
Republicans Craft the Next Great Healthcare FailureJune 28, 2017
Here Comes Quantitative TighteningJune 22, 2017
Damn the Deficits, Huge Tax Cuts Ahead!April 28, 2017
Trumpcare: Different Plan, Same ProblemsMarch 10, 2017
Trump Deficits Will Be HugeJanuary 19, 2017
Bush Trumps ReaganDecember 22, 2016
Make Our Money Great AgainDecember 12, 2016
King of Debt Takes the ReinsNovember 17, 2016
Midnight in AmericaNovember 10, 2016
The Next Recession Looms LargeOctober 7, 2016
Gold vs. Paper: The Only Debate That MattersSeptember 29, 2016